SOUTH BEND – Rehabbing Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Yu Darvish pitched Monday night at Four Winds Field for the South Bend Cubs.

NAPPANEE – Stepbrothers Alex Smith and Tanner Roberts have formed a bigger bond through football.

SOUTH BEND – Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Yu Darvish will make a rehab start at South Bend Monday night.

SYRACUSE – Mudtastic run sees huge turnout Saturday at WACF.

LEESBURG – The Kosciusko Board of REALTORS celebrated their 25th annual golf outing with a big check for children’s charities.

WARSAW – Coach Kevin Dishman and the Warsaw Lady Tiger softball program will be conducting a summer skills camp.

WINONA LAKE – Former Auburn-Montgomery basketball coach Dan Davis has been selected as Grace College’s womens basketball coach.

INDIANAPOLIS — Heat preparedness training will become a requirement for all interscholastic and intramural coaches in the state of Indiana as of July 1.

The Indiana Coaches of Girl’s Sports Association released its softball All-State nominations for the 2018 season Tuesday.

WARSAW – The second in a two-part series on some of the good and bad items from the 2017-18 athletic season.

WARSAW – The first in a two-part series on some of the good and bad items from the 2017-18 athletic season.

NORTH WEBSTER – Tommy Hickerson and Megan Kratzsch repeated as Tournament of Champion winners, with some very tight races for the other scholarship places.

LEESBURG — Tippecanoe Lake Country Club held its second annual Legacy Cup Saturday, and golfers used traditional equipment and dressed in old-time clothes to honor the history of the club.

ANDERSON – Tippecanoe Valley’s Addy Miller recorded a double-double during the Indiana Basketball All-Star Classic.

AKRON – A standard of hope surrounds the Tippecanoe Valley middle school soccer program.

BOURBON – Steve McBride stepped down as Triton softball manager after 14 seasons.

WARSAW – Our countdown to the IFN Team of the Year brings us to a new No. 1, or really, No. 54.

ANDERSON – Players from Tippecanoe Valley and NorthWood are among those entered to play at the Indiana Basketball All-Star Classic.

AVON, OHIO – Indiana Wesleyan claimed the Crossroads League All-Sports Championship for 2017-18.

BLOOMINGTON — Triton High School softball standout Taytum Hargrave has been selected to the 2018 Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association’s girls softball All-Star North team.

ELKHART – Elkhart’s new high school will be named Elkhart High School, home of the Lions, per announcement made Tuesday night.

MOSCOW – The North American countries of the United States, Canada and Mexico earned the bid for the 2026 World Cup soccer tournament.

WARSAW – The Ink Free News All-IFN Top 10 individuals comes to a conclusion with our pick for No. 1, a big one indeed.

WARSAW – The team countdown begins for the 2017-18 Ink Free News All-IFN Top 10 list.

SYRACUSE — The 26th annual Beaman Home Golf Scramble featured 22 teams at South Shore and raised nearly $13,000 for the organizations programs.

WARSAW – Hire Park BMX will be hosting an Olympic Day free ride for anyone in the community this Saturday afternoon.

JOLIET, Ill. – Kyle Wurtzel added a big upset to his résumé this past weekend in top fuel drag racing.

WINONA LAKE – Chandler Elliott added another award to her shelf in being named a CoSIDA Academic All-America.

WARSAW – Ink Free News begins its All-IFN Top 10s of the year with its first installment of individuals for the 2017-18 season.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana All-Star basketball teams won twice over Kentucky Saturday night.

INDIANAPOLIS – South Bend St. Joseph’s tennis star Maddie Yergler wrapped up her career with a runner-up finish at the State Finals Saturday.

KOKOMO – The TRC’s Northfield were the last area team eliminated from the IHSAA baseball state tournament, an 8-2 loss to Daleville in the semi-state.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Both Bremen and South Bend St. Joseph’s fell a game short of their softball dreams Saturday afternoon at the IHSAA Softball State Finals.

LIGONIER – The Summer Dash mile and half-mile runs had some familiar faces atop the leaderboards.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Bremen and South Bend St. Joseph aim for prep softball state championships on Saturday.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Concord No. 1 doubles team saw its season end at the State Finals Friday.

WARSAW – Warsaw football will host Cub and Junior football camps.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee has set July 9 as its date for the 24th Warrior Open golf outing.

KANSAS CITY – Taylor University standout and former NorthWood ace golfer Alec Dutkowski is an All-American for the third straight year.

WINONA LAKE — Penn, CMA and Bishop Dwenger claimed the top three spots out of the Warsaw Regional Thursday, while the host Tigers and NorthWood both closed out the year.

ELKHART – Wawasee graduate Barry Singrey has been named the new Elkhart Central boys basketball coach.

NAPPANEE – NorthWood baseball and cohorts helped raise over $11,000 this season for the Jason Motte Foundation.

ELKHART – Elkhart Memorial will honor its state championship Unified Track Team Thursday night.

ROCHESTER – Tippecanoe Valley graduate and former Purdue pitching ace Tanner Andrews was drafted by the Miami Marlins Tuesday.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Concord girls tennis team’s top doubles duo will play in the State Finals starting Friday.

GOSHEN – NorthWood and Plymouth headline the All-NLC baseball list for the 2018 season.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee issued its spring 2018 Warrior Way Award winners and spring sports awards Monday evening.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College issued its new logo Tuesday as part of a rebranding for the institution.

SOUTH BEND – Members of the Notre Dame football program will take part in a charity softball game at Four Winds Field June 11.

WARSAW – Warsaw and NorthWood will be fighting it out among 18 teams vying for three spots for advancement from this Thursday’s Warsaw Boys Golf Regional.

INDIANAPOLIS – A half-dozen local softball players were honored with Academic All-State selections by the ICGSA.

IRVING, TX – The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame announced today the names on the 2019 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Purdue baseball team saw its stellar season come to an end in the NCAA Regional Sunday.

The Bremen and South Bend St. Joseph softball teams are headed to the State Finals after winning semistate titles on Saturday.

BLOOMINGTON – Wawasee’s Luke Griner earned an eighth-place finish in the 800 at the Track State Finals Saturday night.

DECATUR — Jay County rallied from a 3-1 deficit with nine runs over the last two innings, ending NorthWood’s season with a 10-5 semifinal decision at the Class 3A Bellmont Regional Saturday afternoon.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Purdue baseball team remained alive in the NCAA Tournament with a win Saturday.

BLOOMINGTON – The Elkhart Memorial Unified Track Team won the school’s first team state championship Saturday.

LAPORTE – Fairfield tennis standout Morgan Mast closed out her high school career in the LaPorte Regional Saturday.

BLOOMINGTON – Mia Beckham led the contingent of Warsaw track athletes at the State Finals Friday night.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Purdue baseball team dropped a 9-1 final to Houston in the NCAA Tournament Friday night.

WARSAW — Warsaw got five solid scores, including four in the 70s, and the Tigers edged out Culver Military by a stroke to repeat as sectional champions at Rozella Ford Friday.

INDIANAPOLIS – Wawasee senior gymnast Meghan Beer was awarded one of 10 ICGSA Athlete Scholarships.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College is looking to bring together the soccer community once again through its summer soccer camps.

MIDDLEBURY – NorthWood repeated as sectional champions Friday at the Northridge Boys Golf Sectional.

WARSAW – WCHS senior Taylor Mills has overcome a lot to end his prep running career in the State Finals this weekend.

WINONA LAKE – Grace softball had a handful of athletes recognized for their all-around work.

BLOOMINGTON – The area will be well represented by track athletes at the State Finals at IU this weekend.

WARSAW – WCHS Senior Emma Bohnenkamper is set to cap an amazing high school athletic career at the Track State Finals Friday night.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue ace and former Tippecanoe Valley High School star Tanner Andrews is ready to lead the Boilers into the NCAA Baseball Tournament.

WINONA LAKE – Lakeland Christian Academy celebrated its junior and senior high track teams with an awards night.

GOSHEN – A slew of young stars were honored among the All-Northern Lakes Conference softball teams.

High School softball teams from Whitko and Fairfield were among the area regional champions crowned Tuesday night.

FORT WAYNE – Triton finished as runner-up at Tuesday’s Hawk Invite.

LAFAYETTE – The Warsaw boys golf team placed eighth in the Lafayette Jefferson Classic Saturday.

LAGRANGE — Matt Dutkowski threw a four-hit shutout, Brant Mast drove in five runs, and No. 8 NorthWood won its sixth straight sectional title with a 10-0, five-inning win over host Lakeland Monday.

MISHAWAKA – No. 10 and host Penn outscored Northridge 11-10 to win its fifth straight baseball sectional title Monday.

WEST LAFAYETTE – The Purdue baseball team and former Tippecanoe Valley star Tanner Andrews is headed for the NCAA Tournament.

OMAHA – Former Tippecanoe Valley star Tanner Andrews helped Purdue finish second in the Big 10 Tournament Sunday.

WARSAW – Triton hosted its boys golf invite Saturday at Stonehenge in what amounted to a regional preview.

MISHAWAKA – Northridge and Penn picked up semifinal wins in the Class 4-A Penn Baseball Sectional on Saturday.

Both Concord and Plymouth saw their girls tennis seasons end Saturday with semistate losses.

LAGRANGE – NorthWood rallied to bump Tippecanoe Valley from the Lakeland Baseball Sectional, 6-1, Saturday morning.

ELKHART – The Concord softball team beat Goshen 11-3 Friday night to win the Elkhart Sectional championship.

WINONA LAKE – Three members of Grace’s golf teams were named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

WARSAW – WCHS senior Keegan Bays will play football at Manchester University next season.

GULF SHORES, ALA. – Isaac Stuckey earned All-American honors for the Grace College track team at the NAIA Nationals.

WARSAW – WCHS senior Sillon Estepp will wrestle for Ancilla College.

WARSAW — Wawasee’s Luke Griner won a repeat title in the 800 meters, and a number of area athletes punched tickets to the state finals at Thursday’s Warsaw Boys Track and Field Regional.

INDIANAPOLIS – Several area track athletes were named to the IATCCC Academic All-State lists.

LAGRANGE – Fairfield plated the only run of the game in the bottom of the seventh to win 1-0 over Wawasee at the Lakeland Baseball Sectional.

COLUMBIA CITY – Columbia City bested Wawasee, 175-190, Thursday night at Eagle Glen.

MISHAWAKA – The Warsaw baseball team saw its season end with a 5-0 sectional loss to No. 10 Penn Thursday night.

ELKHART – Goshen and Concord earned semifinal wins in the Elkhart Memorial Softball Sectional Wednesday night.

CULVER — Plymouth flipped the past two seasons’ script, reprising a regular-season defeat with a convincing, 4-1 win of defending-champion Warsaw for the Culver Girls Academy Regional championship Wednesday.

WARSAW – WCHS senior John Svinarich will play football next season at Franklin College.

WARSAW – WCHS senior Madison Haines will continue her track career at Manchester University.

BOURBON — Triton’s softball team bowed out of the state series with a disappointing, 10-0 loss to LaCrosse in Sectinoal 51 action Wednesday night.

BENTON – Fairfield responded to Wawasee’s hot first inning to knock the Lady Warriors out of the state tournament in a 6-2 final.

MIDDLEBURY – The Concord girls tennis team beat conference foe NorthWood 5-0 to win the Northridge Regional title Wednesday night.